Checkpoint

The government has pulled the brakes on its sweeping transport vision for the next three years - saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed the game.

Cabinet last year signed off on a list of proposed… Read more Video, Audio

Waka Kotahi's National Emergency Response spokesperson Mark Owen concedes while State Highway 25 is partially open now, more earth under the road could slip away, damaging it further. Read more Video, Audio

Another day, another major state highway seriously compromised. A section of State Highway 25 in the Coromandel - from Whangamatā to Hikuai - has washed out, with the earth below the road falling… Read more Audio

Kumara growers are facing a double whammy, covering the cost of harvesting already rotten crops and the risk any salvaged vegetables could go the same way.

The exact losses across the industry aren't… Read more Video, Audio

In Christchurch, young activists have breached the doors of the city council offices and are staging a sit-in.

Reporter Anna Sargent is there. Read more Video, Audio

The company that operates Mt Ruapehu's ski slopes has announced it will sell season passes for 2023 - despite being in voluntary administration.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts made the call during a period of… Read more Audio

It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Read more Video, Audio

Ousted health boss Rob Campbell says plans to trim waste and bureacracy in Te Whatu Ora will need to be sped up - and it will involve re-allocating or cutting hundreds of jobs.

Campbell was sacked as… Read more Audio

Vanuatu is currently being lashed by its second cyclone in the space of two days.

Cyclone Kevin is currently a Category 3 system with winds gusting up to 185km/h.

It's on a path to hit Vanuatu's… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Read more Video, Audio